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Butte Mine

Past Producer in Kern county in California, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10284775
MRDS ID W023856
MAS/MILS ID 0060290742
Record type Site
Current site name Butte Mine
Alternate or previous names Butte, Little Butte Mine Area - 0060290740, Big Butte, Butte Lode, Butte Wedge
Related records 10076691

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -117.64589, 35.36639 (WGS84)
Elevation 1140
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kern(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Johannesburg(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Cuddeback Lake(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Trona(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Antelope-Fremont Valleys(hydrologic unit)

Northern Mojave(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northern Mojave-Mono Lake(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California Kern

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 029 S 040 E 36 SENWSW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -117.64589, 35.36639
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant Yes

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    CALIF. STATE MINING BUR. BULL. 95, 1925, NO. 12.

  • Deposit

    CALIF. DIV. MINES AND GEOL., COUNTY REPORT 1, 1962, P. 102-

  • Deposit

    103.

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN PACIFIC CO., 1964, MINERALS FOR INDUSTRY, V. III-

  • Deposit

    SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, P. 45.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-JUL-1992 Raney, Russell G. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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Authoritative California resources

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